H. J. Heinz Company Limited

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990, PART 1

INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL

Notice is hereby given that, H. J. Heinz Company Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) authorisation to operate a combustion process at Kitt Green, Wigan WN5 OJL, in the district of Wigan Metropolitan Borough, in the county of Greater Manchester. Information relating to the above IPC application for authorisation to operate the combustion process is held in registers at The Environment Agency, North West Region, Richard Fairclough House, Knutsford Road, Great Sankey, Warrington WA4 1HG, and at Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, New Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan WN1 1YN. Members of the public can inspect these registers, free of charge, at the above stated addresses during normal office hours. In addition, Members of the public who wish to obtain a copy of the relevant information contained in the registers can do so upon the payment of a reasonable charge to cover the costs of copying. Any objections or representations to the above IPC application should be made in writing to Mrs. L. Heathcote, Authorisations Officer, The Environment Agency, PO Box 519, South Preston PR5 8GD, within 28 days from the date of this public notice. Any such objections or representations will be entered into a public register unless the person making them requests in writing that they should not be so placed. If there is such a request the register will only include a statement that there has been a request. In this case there will be included in the register a statement indicating only that representations have been made which have been the subject of such a request.